Thread: Spare Tyre Cover; Yay or Nay

Out of sight out of mind- hopefully reducing the temptation for light fingers.

Protecting the tyre from UV - no idea why I bother, as the other 4 on are rims and also cop a dose of daily UV.

Advertising - either the vehicle or a business, as a favour or as payment for services rendered.

Works for me. I don't feel like I am justifying the use of a cover.

When i bought my disco i think it was the first thing i removed but its back on now because my spare has bugger all tread and doesnt look so good.
But it will come off tomorrow because it wont fit a 32"tire.

I'm interested in people's thoughts on this.

We have some fairly big tyres - Mickey Thompson MTZ 35 x 12.5 R15, as fitted when we bought her.

We haven't been able to find a tyre cover that will fit, though half of us think it would be a good idea to have one - UV and general weather exposure being the primary concern.

We're going to have to replace the 4 used tyres shortly, and it was my plan to utilise the unused spare on the road, with a new as the spare.

I would think doing this each tyre change would mimimise the effect of exposure to the spare.

Not currently, because the covers I have won't fit the larger tyres, but I have in the past.

When I bought my Disco recently it had a cover advertising a now-defunct Land Rover dealer (where, incidentally, I bought my RRC 29 years ago). It also came with a cover advertising the dealership that it came from.
It is currently wearing one advertising Asquith and Johnson, an even longer-defunct dealer. This is because of the way Richard Asquith helped me when I was shopping for a RRC, even though he knew that I would not be buying from him.
My feeling on dealers' tyre covers, number plate surrounds, stickers, etc. is that it is all advertising. If the dealer makes it worth your while, OK, if not then rip the damn things off.
Otherwise, covers are just cosmetic. I like them, and will eventually get a plain one.

I don't use a cover any more.

The main reason for this is that if it is a tight fitting cover and you are cold, wet, muddy and ****ed off because you've got a flat, trying to remove the cover is just one more annoyance you don't need.

Yes
to protect from the UV and weather
the road tires are mostly shaded, get run almost daily and so the effects are negliagble.
Did have a stainless steel one (with no key) that I removed because that was not practible, prefer the vynil ones.

as for advertiseing - agree - if the people advertising are with you and help, sure, if not stuff 'em!

Hay Ewe

Originally Posted by TeamFA

I'm interested in people's thoughts on this.

We have some fairly big tyres - Mickey Thompson MTZ 35 x 12.5 R15, as fitted when we bought her.

We haven't been able to find a tyre cover that will fit, though half of us think it would be a good idea to have one - UV and general weather exposure being the primary concern.

We're going to have to replace the 4 used tyres shortly, and it was my plan to utilise the unused spare on the road, with a new as the spare.

I would think doing this each tyre change would mimimise the effect of exposure to the spare.

I rotate my spare with the others as its no point having 1 brand new tire sitting there then all of a sudden you have 4 worn and i new tire, rarely have i ever replaced a tire same for same.